[Freeda]

I just wanted to point out, in case it will help some people, that about once a month or so all Publix groceries offer a deal of selling certain brands of $50 gas cards for only $40. For each $50 you spend in groceries, you can purchase one $50 gas card with this $10 off discount; and the 'gas card deal' is offered Thursday through Sunday of that week. It's not a huge savings, but for those who are unaware of this, and who are on a tight budget, or just like simple methods of conserving money, it can be a substantial savings if you use this opportunity to stock up on groceries and household staples every few weeks, so that you can buy a few gas cards with this 20% discount. Publix offers lots of grocery bargains each week, so if you plan carefully and study their ad on the week when they offer the 'gas card deal', you can save both on groceries and gasoline.

We've been doing this for quite a while; and we keep our gas cards in the glove compartment; so wherever we are, there is usually a gas station nearby that is a brand for which we have a gas card to use; so, we almost never pay 'full price' for gasoline.

If gas is $4 at the pump, you are actually paying only $3.20 (80% of the pump price) if you use these discounted gas cards. (Plus, because we buy groceries on a credit card that pays rewards for groceries, we get that additional discount on the cost of gasoline, since the credit card company pays rewards on all purchases at a grocery - both food and nonfood items).

The weeks that the gas card 'deal' is offered, it will be shown in a coupon that's on the front page of the weekly ad that comes in the Daily Sun on Tuesday or Wednesday, or can be located at publix.com; or just call your Publix to ask if the gas card 'deal' is offered that week. You don't have to actually take the coupon to the store; they honor it upon request; and the cashiers have the gas cards available at the checkouts.